Month: December 2016

Watermelon is traditionally a summer fruit that is sweet, juicy and cooling in nature. I remember from my childhood that the local Beijingers would eat watermelon nearly every day to keep their bodies cool and in balance throughout the summer. Traditional Chinese medicine diet therapy recommends watermelon to relieve thirst and cool the body in summer. Furthermore, it can also help with symptoms of bladder and urinary tract infections (UTIs).

In China, mung beans are a very popular food, especially in the hot summer months. They are grown in almost all the provinces of China. Most families in China eat mung beans and use them widely in different recipes, such as mung bean noodles, mung bean cake, mung bean rice, mung bean soup, mung bean.

They are also commonly sprouted to make bean sprouts. Mung bean soup is an extremely popular family dish in China during summer.